Re: Pakistan disabled girl arrested for blasphemy
The things we do in the name of religion are disgusting.
However, I fail to see how blasphemy law was responsible for Imran’s death? He was tried and cleared. It is rather failure of our law enforcing authorities that such criminals roam around freely. I do not agree with parts of the law but how can that law be blamed if Imran was not convicted? It is rather failure of our criminal law, politicized and corrupt police and elitists protecting these murderers that we see such daring crimes in broad daylight.
These things happened pre-Zia as well, even in Mughal times. Yes, Zia-ul-Haq’s policies took Pakistani society towards much greater violence but we cannot put all blame on that guy and claim moral high ground. Many administrations have succeeded him, and nothing has been done to improve law and order in the country. Why just keep blaming something that happened a few decades ago? Why not do something about it!
If you want to, we can go centuries ago… a case in point: